One of my biggest personal holdings is Rotana. That company has a very dominant force in the Middle East.
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I’m telling you, you can’t compare Saudi Arabia to other countries.
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It has around 45% of all the movie industry and around 75% of all the music.
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Well, you know, News Corp is the only real media global – that has a global presence that’s involved in TV production, in movies, in publishing, in newspapers, digital media, et cetera.
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I definitely believe that the so-called American decline is greatly exaggerated.
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Most governments are pragmatic, most people are logical.
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Our Palestinian brethren continue to be slaughtered at the hands of Israelis while the world turns the other cheek.
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Riyadh – It’s like a city within a city.
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The potential for Twitter is spectacular and great.
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Nowadays, anyone who cannot speak English and is incapable of using the Internet is regarded as backward.
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So, if you look at what’s common among some of the companies I have, including the Four Seasons, NewsCorp, George V, the Plaza, these are all irreplaceable brands in their own fields.
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Saudi Arabia has stability. The social contract and the political contract between the king and the rulers and the royal family and the ruled people in Saudi Arabia is very strong and the bondage is so solid.
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The issue of Palestine has been there since more than 60 years.
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Some countries, like Saudi Arabia, where the population growth is very high, whereby you don’t have the mortgage low yet. Still the demand outstrips supply by much.
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The lesson is that, No. 1, this management has to be at the highest class possible. No. 2, they have to have a succession plan.
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The legacy of Steve Jobs and the strength of Steve Jobs is that he established a company that’s clearly firing on all cylinders and clicking very well.
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